The Treasury Secretary told Sen. Coons that he did not discuss or take any directions from the White House in making his decision of refusing to supply Trump's tax returns to the House ways and means committee Sen. Coon read the tax code back to Mnuchin, saying, "the treasury secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified with the request. "This has historically been a function delegated to the IRS commissioner, was there a reason you didn't trust the IRS Commissioner to handle this..." "Was there a meeting between the IRS and treasury leaders directing the IRS to stand aside or stand down on this?" Coons continued, “And have you discussed Chairman Neal’s request with the president or anyone in the White House?